Razor.



PATBNTED APR. 21, 1908 B. J. WELLER.

RAZOR.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 5. 1907.

BARNETT J. WELLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y

RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 21, 1908.

Application filed September 5, 1907. Serial No. 891,501. 1

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view illustratin my improved razor with all the )arts assem led; Fig. 2' is a similar view wit the bladcremoved, the sliding catch thrown back,

' and the handle broken away; Fig. 3 is a view of the blade; Fig. 4 is a side view of my razor with all the part assembled; Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross-sect ional View on line 5- -5of Fig. 2; and Fig. (l is an'cnlarged cross-sectional View on line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings A is a razor blade, provided with two oppositely located cutting edges, 7), h, and two 0 )positely located notches a a The guard p ate B is provided with the usual guard teeth 0, and also with a strengthening groove (1 extending, in the razor shown, the entire length of the guard plate. At its outer cnd the guard plate is provided with a hook or holding member (l, preferably integral therewith.

The guard plate B is held by, and preferably integral with, a shank l), pivoted at c to the handle E. The handle maybe of any convenient shape but is preferably of such shape and size as to cover or protect the guard teeth when the razor is closed. he shank I) is preferably U-shaped in cross-seetion, being constructed of two parallelplates 40ff, joined at their lower edges by a membrane, as shown in Fig. 6. Between these plates i held a sliding clamp member F, prcferably provided with a finger piece {7, two

laterally extending lugs l1 l1, and a downwardly extending projection i preferably formed by depressing the portion of the member F which lies between the lugs It IL. T o prevent the shding clamp member F lrom falling out. of the shank D small lugs j arc provided, preferably made integral with one of the plates sliding clamp member F, in such a manner that the sides of the notch a embrace the sides of the hook C, and the guard teeth a project substantially an equal distance be end the cutting edges, 1) b. The sliding 0 amp member F is t en pushed forward into the position shown in Fig. 1, the projection i traveling in. the grooved abutting against the edges of the notch a, and the lugs h h riding onto the blade A. The blade is thus oen tered and firmly held in place on the guard plate by the hook C and the member F.

The shank D, with the lu s j, and the guard plate B with the hook L are preferably all integral and stamped out of one piece of metal. The sliding clamp member F is preferably stain )ed out of one piece of metal. Thus the entire blade holding device may be made of but two pieces of metal, being there'- l'ore easily and cheaply manufactured and not liable to get out of order.

Of course, the handle E may be entirely omitted, or other holding means substituted therefor, or the construction of my device changed in detail, without departing from the s irit of my invention.

I c aim:

1. In a razor, the combination of a guard plate provided with a groove, holding means carried at one end thereof, a blade adapted to be enga ed at one end by said holding means and having a notch at its other end, and a sliding clamp member carried at the other end of the guard plate adapted to slide over the other end of said blade, the clamping member being provided with a downward projection adapted to slide within said groove and to abut against the edges of said notch, substantially as described.

2. in a razor, the combination of a guard plate, a shank comprising two arallel plates carried by the guard plate, a 0 amp member slidably carried between said plates, holding means carried by the guard plate, and a blade adapted to be held in place on the guard plate between the clamping member and the holding means, substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of September, 1907.

The operation of my device is as follows:

\Vhenthe parts of the razor are in the position shown in Fig. 2 the blade A is laid upon the guard plate between the hook C and the BARNETT J. WELLER.

Witnesses:

h/IAURICE MEYER, ARTHUR C. kAnN. 

